2016 American Transplant Congress
Which Is the Predictable Value of Post-Transplant HCC Recurrence Between Tumor-Related Factors at the Initial Diagnosis and the Transplantation?
Background: Milan criteria is best options to decide whether patients with HCC underwent liver transplantation. However, Milan Criteria is not including values at time of…2016 American Transplant Congress
MELD as a Metric for Survival Benefit of Liver Transplantation.
MELD predicts waitlist mortality and thus, patients with higher MELD get higher priority in liver allocation. However, this disease severity based allocation system is controversial…2016 American Transplant Congress
Pediatric Kidney Transplantation and Mortality: Distance to Transplant Center Matters.
Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA.
INTRODUCTION: The distance traveled by adults to kidney transplant centers contributes to disparities in access and outcomes. We hypothesized that distance would adversely affect the…2016 American Transplant Congress
Center-Level Variation in Association Between Early Hospital Readmission and Survival Following Kidney Transplantation.
Department of Surgery, Johns Hopkins, Baltimore.
Background: Early hospital readmission (EHR) following kidney transplantation (KT) is associated with inferior survival. However, incidence of EHR varies significantly across center following KT. Recent…2016 American Transplant Congress
Impact of Sarcopenia in Overweight/Obese Recipients on the Outcomes After Adult Living Donor Liver Transplantation.
Background/purpose: The effects of body composition disturbances on liver transplantation outcomes have recently been in focus. However, the effects of obesity, as well as sarcopenic…2016 American Transplant Congress
Risk Factors for Short and Long Term Mortality in High MELD Recipients.
The model for end-stage disease (MELD) score is used to stratify candidates for liver transplant (LT) based on objective measures. Since June 2013 with changes…2016 American Transplant Congress
Adding an Antimetabolite to a Calcineurin-Inhibitor-Based Immunosuppression Regimen Leads to Improved Native Renal Function After Liver Transplantation.
Surgery, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI.
Background: Nephrotoxic side effects of calcineurin inhibitors (CNI) have been well established. The addition of anti-metabolites (AM) to CNI-based immunosuppression (IS) regimens has been proposed…2016 American Transplant Congress
Surgical Site Infection Does Not Fully Explain the Impact of Obesity on Post-Transplant Outcomes.
While obesity is considered a risk factor for worse survival after kidney transplant (KT), a single-center study reported that obesity has no direct effect on…2016 American Transplant Congress
Updated Experience of Living Donor Right Hepatectomy Using Mini-Incision Technique.
Transplant and Hepatobiliary Surgery, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI.
Aim: We previously reported 28 consecutive cases of minimally invasive living donor right hepatectomy (10cm mini-incision right hepatectomy with or without laparoscopic assistance). Currently, we…2016 American Transplant Congress
Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of the Impact of Computed Tomography Assessed Skeletal Muscle Mass on Outcome in Patients Awaiting or Undergoing Liver Transplantation.
BackgroundAlthough liver transplant outcome has improved significantly, the shortage of human organs remains prevalent. Therefore, strict patient selection is of paramount importance. Recently, low CT-assessed…
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